James Marriott on the End of Reading
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If you come from a traditional pre literate culture, an oral culture, as w as we call them. The thing that would strike you about a highly literate culture like the one that existed in the, you know, beginning and middle of the twentieth century would be how eerily emotionless it is. And now the good fight. With Yasha Monk. There seems to be a lot of evidence that people are reading a lot less than they were in the past. Professors complaining that they can no longer
A sign full novels in English literature classes because the students Just won't be able to do it. Read from. The number of Books being sold.
going down significantly. The number of time that Americans and others spend reading down, according to social surveys. Are we living Thro the end of Reading. Are we living At the dawn of a post literate society.
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